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fine the back hair, and this fashion may therefore be identified as the [Greek: krobylos]. In archaic figures the hair is most frequently arranged over the brow and temples in parallel rows of small curls which must have been kept in their places by artificial means. Ear-rings ([Greek: enotia, ellobia, helikteres]) of gold, silver, or bronze plated with gold, and frequently ornamented with pearls, precious stones, or enamel, were worn attached to the lobes of the ear. For necklaces ([Greek: hormoi]), bracelets ([Greek: opheis]), brooches ([Greek: peronai]), and finger-rings ([Greek: daktylioi] or [Greek: sphragides]) the same variety and preciousness of material was employed. For the feet the sandal ([Greek: sandalon, pedilon]) was the usual wear; for hunting and travelling high boots were worn. The hunting-boot ([Greek: endromis]) was laced up the front, and reached to the calves; the [Greek: kothornos] (cothurnus) was a high boot reaching to the middle of the leg, and as worn by tragic actors had high soles. Slippers ([Greek: persikai]) were adopted from the East by women; shoes ([Greek: embades]) were worn by the poorer classes. Gloves ([Greek: cheirides]) were worn by the Persians, but apparently never by the Greeks unless to protect the hands when working (_Odyssey_, xxiv. 230). Hats, which were as a rule worn only by youths, workmen and slaves, were of circular shape, and either of some stiff material, as the Boeotian hat observed in terra-cottas from Tanagra, or of pliant material which could be bent down at the sides like the [Greek: petasos] worn by Hermes and sometimes even by women. The [Greek: kausia], or Macedonian hat, seems to have been similar to this. The [Greek: kyrbasia], or [Greek: kidaris], was a high-pointed hat of Persian origin, as was also the [Greek: tiara], which served the double purpose of an ornament and a covering for the head. Workmen wore a close-fitting felt cap ([Greek: pilos]). See F. Studniczka, "Beitrage zur Geschichte der altgriechischen Tracht" (_Abhandlungen des arch.-epigr_. _Seminars in Wien_, vii. 1886); Lady Evans, _Chapters on Greek Dress_ (1893); W. Kalkmann, "Zur Tracht archaischer Gewandfiguren" (_Jahrb. des k. deutschen arch. Instituts_, 1896, pp. 19 ff.); S. Cybulski, _Tabulae quibus antiquitates Graecae et Romanae illustrantur_, Nos. 16-18 (1903), with text by W. Amelung; Ethel B. Abrahams, _Greek Dress_ (1908). [Illustration: Fig. 19.] iv. _Etruscan
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